Memorial Day Weekend
Ah yes, Memorial Day. The holiday in which we are supposed to honor all the poor, stupid bastards who died for nothing at the behest of vile, detestable politicians. No other holiday pisses me off more. I'm glad I never joined the military. I'm lucky that my parents wouldn't have it. I'm also glad that I'm old and wise enough to not buy into all the bullshit propaganda. If I want to dress in camo and shoot guns I don't have to sign my life and rights away to do so.
One bit of sad news, kinda. The USS Iowa is being decommissioned. When I was a wee, small child I remember going to see the Iowa when it was at Port Everglades. It was pretty cool. Hell, it was an antique when I saw it as a kid. It saw action in WW2 for Christ's sake. At least it's being turned into a museum and not being sold to the Chinese for scrap.
Anyway. In other news...never a dull moment in South Florida! Did you hear about the flesh eating zombie cannibal on the MacArthur Causeway? Just one more reason I love Miami soooooo much! /sarc
And last but not least, what better way to celebrate the honored dead than with the traditional barbecue! I made the best ribs evar this year. Slow cooked them in the oven and then grilled them with some steaks. I also had some delicious Greek salad with plenty of feta cheese and to mix things up a bit, I even made some sushi rolls! Yum! So good you'd think I could do it professionally.
Okay then. I'm going to finish my beer and call it a night. I hope you all's weekend was just as exciting!
posted by Xul at 1:05 AM
4 Comments:
OMG!!! It's the zombie apocalypse!!! It's started!!! :D
I like barbequeing as well but I'm not sure I'd still have much of an appetite after reading such an article. Were those ribs pig or cow?
Do you have a lot of cows in Florida BTW? Over here it's sort of a traditional part of the landscape just outside any town.
They were piggy ribs. No BRAAAIIIIINNNNSSSS!!!! though. ;P Pork is cheaper for some reason.
When I was a kid there were shit-loads of cows everywhere. Especially in the Pembroke Pines/West Hollywood/Davie area. Now that the population here has grown so much, all those farms were sold to make tract housing. It's very depressing.
Also, I think before I was born, my mother told me that the Seminole Indians up in Hollywood used to have a pig farm on the land where their fancy headquarters building is now. She said the stench reeked to high heaven and you could literally smell it for miles. Now they've traded the pigs for casinos!
Seminole Indians? Have you ever met any of them?
Oh yes! I went to school with a few. They are really cool peeps. The reservation was just down the street from my school. They were very good athletes and very smart. The valedictorian of the class which graduated a year before my class was a Seminole.
One funny thing that always cracked me up about them: they are just as big a redneck as any white redneck. They LOVE giant pickup trucks and hunting etc. I guess you could say they are the original "red" necks. :P
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